Just like the song list, I intend to share 25 albums almost surely overlooked by the West that I really enjoyed in the past year. Of course, I missed just as many great albums and a year from now I’ll probably regret/want to expand this. Yet these 25 albums definitely deserve your attention. 25. Hideki…
Celebrate Christmas a little early…or, in Japan, right on time…with a new bit of minimalistic bedroom pop courtesy of NITES. “Fall In The Seduction” features a great vocal sample, a slight new twist from a dude who usually keeps the words buried under all his synth-play. Merry Christmas ya’ll, listen to this great new track…
After listening to the few snippets of songs posted on their MySpace, I wasn’t asking “if” Tokyo Pinsalock’s new album Kurukuru To Guruguru would be one of the best Japanese albums of the year but rather just how high it would end up on my personal list. Even with just a tiny preview of what…
Usually when I see “new HNC,” I go in expecting a twee-tastic rush of bells, break beats and maybe a cat sound or two. Her latest song “I Dream I Dead”…snuffs out any cuteness in favor of pure claustrophobia. Despite the dreamy opening, “I Dream” quickly surrounds the listener with a wall of noise and…
The 6 Songs 7″ has been out for a little bit now, but up until just recently the only song from Miila And The Geeks new release available online had been the excellent “Cigarette And Water.” Well, add three more to the digital que. You can listen to three other superb slabs of messy, saxophone-heavy…